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©lADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



235 



beis, rugosis ; fascicu- 1 rugose ; clusters axil- 

 lis axillaribus, pauci- lary, few flowered, 

 floiis, petiolo brevior- shorter than the peti- 



ibus. 



ole. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 106i. Mick 2. p. 63: var volubilis. Pursh 2. p. 486;, 



Stem climbing over lowshrubsj acutely angled, villous. Leaves gene- 

 rally rhomboiclal^ the inteiynediate one sometimes almost round^ triply 

 nerved, common petiole. 1—2 inches long* Stij)ules ovate, lanceolate, 

 acutCj villous- Floivers rarely exceeding 6 in each cluster; coaunon pe- 

 duncle about half an inch long. Cal7/x 4 parted^the segments very acute, 

 somewhat falcate, as long as the corolla, the upper one 2-cIeft. Corolia^ 

 3.mall, yellow, vexilkim reflected, the wing toothed only on the inner sid^. 

 Legume falcate, villous. Seeds reniform, speckled, compressed. 



Grows in dry soils. 



Flowers May and Julv« 



3. 



RECTA, Walt. 



G. caule erecto; fo? 

 His ternatis, oyalibus, 

 subacutis: racemis ax- 



Stem erect ; leaves 

 ternate, oval, nearly 

 acute : racemes axil- 



lary 



and 



terminal. 



longer than the peti 

 ole. 



lUaribus terminalibus. 



que, petiolo longiori- 

 bus. 



Nutt. 2. p. 114, 



G. tomentosa var. erecta, Mich. 2. p. 02. Pursh 2. p. 48G. 

 Trifolium erectum. Walt. 184. 



Root perennial. Stem erect, about 2 feet high, angled, tomentose. 

 If-Pf^,^ rugose, tomentose, triply nerved,the Kiiddle one sometimes rhom- 

 Boidalj common petiole, about an inch and a half long. St;ipnles subulate, 

 yiilous, raceme simple, raapy flowered; cornmon peduncle, two or three 

 inches long. Calyx four parted, the upper segment bifid, all acute. Corolla 

 scarcely longer than the calyx, yellow, sometimes tinged with fulvous. 



frrngs toothed near the base on each side, ■*" ^- ' - - • - 



^us. 5ee^^> reniform. ■ ^ 



Grows in dry soils. 



Legume falcate^ mucronate^ 



flowers from June to August. 



4. MoLLISSIMA. 



E. 



G 



his 



caule erecto; fo- I 



ternatis 



i 



Stem erect ; leaves 



foliolis I ternate, leaflets oval, 



